General Electric Co.’s chief executive officer will take on the additional job as CEO of its aviation unit, the Boston-based company announced Monday.
GE Aviation, a competitor of East Hartford, Connecticut-based jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, is a major customer of scores of Connecticut suppliers that manufacture components for the GE business headquartered in Evendale, Ohio. Airline travel is making a comeback from steep declines during the pandemic when most fleets were grounded in response to travel bans.
Manufacturers are now grappling supply chain constraints and labor shortages.
